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  Mexico’s Largest University to Post Online Nearly All Publications and Course Materials

  838 readers From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The National Autonomous University of Mexico, better known as UNAM, has said it will make virtually all of its publications, databases, and course materials freely available on the Internet over the next few years—a move that some academics speculated could push other universities in the region

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  Nostalgia Can’t Stop Latin America’s Imminent Digital Future

  534 readersRegional publishers are finally ready to fight for “pole position” in the race to digital. By Javier Celaya Javier Celaya MEXICO CITY: From its opening to its close, the II International Symposium eBook in Spanish, organized by CONACULTA in Mexico City, was filled with nostalgic statements on the well-known benefits and cultural contributions of printed books. Although these exercises

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  Mexico’s Librerías Gandhi’s Ambitious, Aggressive Int’l E-book Expansion

  1412 readersLibrerías Gandhi plans to lure buyers in the Mexico, Spain, Argentina and the US with unique e-books from independent Latin American publishers. By Julieta Lionetti In 1551, 12 years after Olaus Magnus designed his famous Carta Marina, Antonio de Espinosa — unknown to the World but adored in Mexico — cut the first original printing typefaces

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  American University in Cairo Launches Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library

  1404 readers via Bikya Masr: To preserve and provide access to centuries of Egyptian and Middle East history, The American University in Cairo recently launched the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library (RBSCDL). [Clip] The digital library is open and globally accessible, and will feature ancient and medieval cultural-heritage materials, in addition to contemporary contributions from the University on the Square:

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  CLIR announces hidden collection awards

  1336 readersCLIR Announces Hidden Collections Awards Created in 2008 with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives awards program supports the identification and cataloging of special collections and archives of high scholarly value that are difficult or impossible to locate. Award recipients create Web-accessible records according to standards that

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  Why Mexico is Leading the Way in Latin America’s Digital Transition

  1281 readersBy Julieta Lionetti Digital publishing is gaining an ever-greater foothold in Latin America and, despite its lag in both reading rates and digitization of content, Mexico is leading the way. This week through Friday, Mexico City is hosting the Electronic Book International Symposium, which has drawn an impressive roster of speakers and presenters from across the

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  The library on a massive scale – HathiTrust

  759 readers Interesting article in Campus Technology about the HathiTrust: What do you get when you combine the collections from 60 major research institutions into a single, digitized library? A comprehensive collection, of course, but also a major headache for the people who have to collect, organize, preserve, and publish the information in a

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  National Library of Medicine Releases Digital Library of American Medical Books Dating Back to 1690

  1332 readersFrom an NLM Announcement: The National Library of Medicine announces the release of “Medicine in the Americas.” A digital resource encompassing over 300 early American printed books, Medicine in the Americas makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the

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  New eReader Pilot Program Launching Soon in Taiwan

  983 readersThe Taiwan Ministry of Education announced last week that it was about to launch a new program to promote eBooks and eReaders. A total of 6 institutions, consisting of 3 universities and 3 public libraries, have joined forces to encourage the use of eBooks. The six participating institutions are the project are National Taiwan Normal University,

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  Cambridge University Press expands ebook platform to include other academic publishers

  1880 readersThis October, Cambridge University Press will launch a new digital content platform called University Publishing Online, which is based on the existing digital platform Cambridge Books Online but open to outside academic publishers. Boydell & Brewer, Liverpool University Press, the Mathematical Association of America, and Foundation Books (based in India) have been named as early